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058 - VALUES AND FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

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ROTARY – 12/2014

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Looking beyond the rules of religions and cultures.

Knowledge is crucial for the understanding of the social and religious dynamics of our time. Thanks to freedom of thought and our democracy, our children have grown up open to know the meaning of the customs and traditions, handed down through the centuries, by the elders; they have acquired a rich identity that derives from the knowledge of their history without remaining caged in it. Our Western media often refer to the universal values that draw their source from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 10, 1948 drafted by the UN; a declaration unfortunately not recognized by 57 countries that are part of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Islamic states that instead apply the Sharia law that draws its source from the Koran and applies its principles.

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063 - RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB WORLD PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE

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ROTARY, Opinions – pages 52-55 – 1/06-2016

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Being hopeful by looking at the past, living the present, projecting towards the future. In the last few years, the Arab world has been hit by unrest, revolutions, civil wars that have culminated in massacres and indiscriminate killings of minorities that are not in line with the beliefs of certain groups that have proclaimed themselves the only religious representatives of the population. I wonder how it is possible that, at the dawn of the third millennium, people are killing to deny religious freedom. These abominable situations not far from our cities cannot leave us indifferent, so a mention of certain events in the history of the Arabs, both Christians and Muslims, can give us a better understanding of how the current context has arisen and can help us prevent negative consequences for the future.

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066 - FAMILY AND GLOBALISATION: A TESTIMONY

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1 – 2017

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What family for a peaceful future?

The family is like a tree with deep roots, branches and leaves. The root of the tree can be compared to the thought of Pierre Tei-lhard de Chardin: “We are not human beings with spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings with human experience.” It’s easier to internalize this statement than to explain it.

Theillard de Chardin, a French Jesuit, my father’s teacher in Cairo; also for this reason I feel that he is an author very close to my interiority.

  • My family in Egypt
  • Parents and children
  • The challenges of the traditional family
  • Human Rights and Marriage
  • Islamic immigration and family
  • Husband and wife: The law of love

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